Kabul vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison

Updated: October 10, 2024

	Kabul	Phuket
🚶 Cost of living one person	$599	$985
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Cost of living Family	$1271	$3235
🏠 One person rent	$285	$544
🏘️ Family rent	$403	$1720
🍽️ Food expenses	$182	$308
🚐 Transport expenses	$96.7	$30.3
💳 Monthly salary after tax	$188	$742
😷 Air quality	Unhealthy	Moderate
✈️ Airport proximity	6 km	27 km
🎓 Higher education	29	7
😀 Quality of life	13	53
🏙️ Population	4.27M	77.6K

The cost of living in Kabul is 39% less expensive than in Phuket. Cities ranked 7801st and 5798th ($599 vs $985) in the list of the most expensive cities in the world and ranked 1st and 2nd in Afghanistan and Thailand, respectively. Check Afghanistan vs Thailand comparison.

The average after-tax salary is enough to cover living expenses for 0.3 months in Kabul compared to 0.8 months in Phuket. Kabul ranked 1st best city to live in Afghanistan vs Phuket ranked 6th in Thailand, while ranked 9123rd and 6033rd among best cities to live in the world.

Salary adjustment calculator
the estimated difference in money purchasing power

Cost of living in Kabul vs Phuket infographic

Share this infographic!

Use the link below to embed the infographic from our site and automatically keep the data layer up to date.

If you prefer to download the image, please credit us as a source.

<img src="https://livingcost.org/assets/photo/cost/kabul/phuket.jpg" alt="Cost of living in Kabul vs Phuket infographic" style="max-width: 100%; height: auto;"><p>Source: <a href="https://livingcost.org/cost/kabul/phuket" target="_blank">Kabul vs Phuket - Cost of Living Comparison</a></p>

Prices in Kabul vs Phuket

Prices for goods and services in Kabul and Phuket are partly crowdsourced by our visitors, just like yourself. Please consider telling us about your city.

	Kabul	Phuket
Eating Out
🍱 Lunch Menu	$2.69	$4.63
🥂 Dinner in a Restaurant, for 2	$8.83	$36.6
🥪 Fast food meal, equiv. McDonald's	$6.92	$7.72
🍻 Beer in a Pub, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$3.75	$2.94
☕ Cappuccino	$1.82	$2.47
🥤 Pepsi / Coke, 0.5 L or 16.9 fl oz	$0.38	$0.78
Rent & Utilities
🏙️ 1 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$168	$498
🏡 Cheap 1 bedroom apartment, 40 m2 or 430 ft2	$123	$439
🏙️ 3 bedroom apartment in Downtown, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$381	$1825
🏡 Cheap 3 bedroom apartment, 80 m2 or 860 ft2	$182	$1525
🔌 Utility Bill one person, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$53.5	$76.3
🔌 Utility Bill for a Family, electricity, heating, water, etc.	$82.3	$118
🌐 Internet plan, 50 Mbps+ 1 month unlimited	$99.3	$16.6
🏦 Mortgage Interest Rate for 20 Years	21.36%	4.8%
🏙️ Apartment price to Buy in city Center, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$451	$4213
🏡 House price to Buy in Suburbs, 1 m2 or 10 ft2	$274	$2936
Transportation
🚌 Local transport ticket	$0.36	$1.37
🎟️ Monthly ticket local transport	$19.2	$11
🚕 Taxi Ride, 8 km or 5 mi	$9.29	$11.6
⛽ Gas / Petrol, 1 L or 0.26 gal	$0.99	$1.28
Groceries
🥛 Milk, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.88	$1.93
🍞 Bread, 0.5 kg or 1.1 lb	$0.32	$1.73
🍚 Rice, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$1.31	$1.58
🥚 Eggs, x12	$1.5	$2.25
🧀 Cheese, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.73	$26
🐔 Chicken Breast, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$4.07	$3.23
🥩 Round Steak, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$6.69	$10.5
🍏 Apples, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.74	$3.19
🍌 Banana, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.83	$1.18
🍊 Oranges, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.89	$1.8
🍅 Tomato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.59	$1.51
🥔 Potato, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.36	$1.57
🧅 Onion, 1 kg or 2.2 lb	$0.32	$1.2
🌊 Water, 1 L or 1 qt	$0.24	$0.34
🍹 Coca-Cola / Pepsi, 2 L or 67.6 fl oz	$0.98	$1.3
🍾 Wine (mid-priced), 750 mL bottle	$10	$21.3
🍺 Beer, 0.5 L or 16 fl oz	$1.62	$1.74
🚬 Cigarette pack	$2.56	$4.48
💊 Cold medicince, 1 week	$3.24	$3.38
🧴 Hair Shampoo	$3.81	$2.46
🧻 Toilet paper, 4 rolls	$1.09	$1.35
👄 Toothpaste, 1 tube	$1.47	$1.46
Other
🏋️ Gym Membership, 1 month	$13.3	$58.9
🎫 Cinema Ticket, 1 person	$2.34	$9.26
👩‍⚕️ Doctor's visit	$13.1	$29.2
💇 Haircut, simple	$2.99	$5.56
👖 Brand Jeans	$13.6	$69.3
👟 Brand Sneakers	$46.1	$107
👶 Daycare or Preschool, 1 month	$23.8	$748
🏫 International Primary School, 1 year	$1452	$13132

Cost of living in other countries

Cost of living

Cost of Living in the nearest cities

Cities near Kabul

Distance	City	Cost of living
105 km or 65 mi	Gardez	$469
119 km or 74 mi	Jalalabad	$358
129 km or 80 mi	Ghazni	$476
150 km or 93 mi	Khost	$441
163 km or 101 mi	Puli Khumri	$457
223 km or 138 mi	Peshawar	$338
235 km or 146 mi	Kohat	$374
246 km or 153 mi	Kunduz	$467
266 km or 166 mi	Mardan	$372
293 km or 182 mi	Mingora	$354
304 km or 189 mi	Mazar-i-Sharif	$470
336 km or 209 mi	Wah	$323
368 km or 229 mi	Islamabad	$439
369 km or 229 mi	Qurghonteppa	$659
374 km or 232 mi	Rawalpindi	$376
389 km or 242 mi	Sheberghan	$450
425 km or 264 mi	Sargodha	$456
450 km or 280 mi	Tursunzoda	$655
451 km or 280 mi	Dushanbe	$672
451 km or 280 mi	Mirpur	$328
456 km or 284 mi	Mandi Bahauddin	$341
458 km or 285 mi	Kandahar	$521
467 km or 290 mi	Jhang	$292
474 km or 294 mi	Chiniot	$373
476 km or 296 mi	Baramulla	$277
499 km or 310 mi	Gojra	$344
501 km or 312 mi	Hafizabad	$380
503 km or 313 mi	Faisalabad	$319
505 km or 314 mi	Gujrat	$330
517 km or 321 mi	Dera Ghazi Khan	$273
520 km or 323 mi	Srinagar	$388
523 km or 325 mi	Quetta	$285
526 km or 327 mi	Multan	$371
534 km or 332 mi	Sahiwal	$312
536 km or 333 mi	Gujranwala	$280
538 km or 334 mi	Khanewal	$358
546 km or 340 mi	Sialkot	$335
549 km or 341 mi	Sheikhupura	$376
550 km or 342 mi	Kamoke	$308
553 km or 344 mi	Lashkargah	$487

Cities near Phuket

Distance	City	Cost of living
48 km or 30 mi	Ao Nang	$822
60 km or 38 mi	Krabi	$807
76 km or 47 mi	Ko Lanta	$799
173 km or 107 mi	Surat Thani	$635
183 km or 114 mi	Nakhon Si Thammarat	$795
185 km or 115 mi	Ko Lipe	$742
231 km or 143 mi	Langkawi	$594
248 km or 154 mi	Hat Yai	$561
248 km or 154 mi	Ko Samui	$745
256 km or 159 mi	Kangar	$563
269 km or 167 mi	Ko Pha-ngan	$763
289 km or 180 mi	Ko Tao	$806
293 km or 182 mi	Alor Setar	$523
331 km or 206 mi	Lhokseumawe	$461
339 km or 211 mi	Sungai Petani	$637
348 km or 216 mi	George Town	$669
352 km or 219 mi	Butterworth	$671
384 km or 238 mi	Langsa	$490
425 km or 264 mi	Taiping	$759
428 km or 266 mi	Banda Aceh	$421
468 km or 291 mi	Kota Bharu	$517
470 km or 292 mi	Ipoh	$670
470 km or 292 mi	Medan	$519
477 km or 296 mi	Binjai	$503
507 km or 315 mi	Myeik	$570
514 km or 319 mi	Tebing Tinggi	$504
517 km or 321 mi	Teluk Intan	$673
548 km or 340 mi	Hua Hin	$676
553 km or 344 mi	Pematangsiantar	$518
569 km or 353 mi	Tanjungbalai	$538
596 km or 370 mi	Kuala Terengganu	$544
625 km or 388 mi	Nong Prue	$773
625 km or 389 mi	Pattaya	$800
637 km or 396 mi	Klang	$729
637 km or 396 mi	Shah Alam	$687
638 km or 396 mi	Sihanoukville	$754
638 km or 396 mi	Ko Chang	$697
639 km or 397 mi	Petaling Jaya	$738
641 km or 398 mi	Laem Chabang	$769
641 km or 398 mi	Kuala Lumpur	$892